What are all the various ways we distinguish colleges from one another?

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This was our criteria a few years ago

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Engineering/CS kid

1. Strength of engineering school, and CS/CompE programs - validated by rankings, depth and breadth of academics, quality of peer cohort
2. Career Outcomes - median salary, 75th %ile salary - validated by college scorecard
3. Target recruiting center for careers of interest - quant, consulting, tech
4. In-state tuition (or) equivalent
5. Proximity to home - closer the better (OR) a record of placing kids in bay area/PNW
6. Warm weather
7. Quality of dorms, food etc.
8. Diversity on campus
9. Purple to blue political climate
10. College sports